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Should a big deal be made about wackos that get on the general election ballot for a useless spot on the ballot? Anyone has a legal right to do this. Should we hesitate before interfering with an individual's right? Should major parties be burdened to committing resources to stop this? Should these wacko candidates just be considered a source of entertainment?
Holocaust-denying Republican nominee: ‘I snookered’ GOP
http://thehill.com/homenews/394861-holocaust-denying-republican-nominee-i-snookered-gop
‘This is horrific’ – Ted Cruz SLAMS Nazi who snuck into GOP nomination in Illinois
‘This is horrific’ – Ted Cruz SLAMS Nazi who snuck into GOP nomination in Illinois – The Right Scoop
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Holocaust-denying Republican nominee: ‘I snookered’ GOP
http://thehill.com/homenews/394861-holocaust-denying-republican-nominee-i-snookered-gop
‘This is horrific’ – Ted Cruz SLAMS Nazi who snuck into GOP nomination in Illinois
‘This is horrific’ – Ted Cruz SLAMS Nazi who snuck into GOP nomination in Illinois – The Right Scoop
I found a commenter's perspective interesting, but I'm not sure I agree with it. However, I like it when someone promotes competence.
He did not sneak in.
He has always been overtly vocal about his Nazism and white supremacy. Jones has been running for office on the Republican ticket several times since the 1970's. He declared for the current seat in 2017 and has been very vocal about it, appearing across news networks, where he was repeatedly shut down for his Nazism and white supremacist ideology.
Instead of running other candidates against him, the GOP sat tight, mumbled disgusts, but allowed him to run unopposed. Why? Sneaking in implies that the came out of nowhere. He did not. He was always there and the GOP in Illinois did nothing to effectively stop him and allowed him to run unopposed so he won their nomination to represent the GOP for that seat. The GOP could have had an empty chair run against this guy and the chair would have won. They chose to not run any candidate against him.
They do not get to complain. Conservative voters in the state are the ones who get to complain, because the GOP openly allowed this guy to run unopposed until he won the primary. They could have ejected him from the party, stripped him of the party's affiliation and actually distanced themselves from him. Instead they just came out with the stock standard of "appalled" and "horrified". They made this bed by allowing this guy to campaign as the GOP and to run unopposed.
So in the Primary, Jones received over 20,000 votes (think about that for a moment, over 20,000 people voted for this guy). The only ones to blame for that is the GOP who failed to run another candidate against him, despite knowing who he was and what he represented. This is the rubbish that will stain the GOP for a long time and no amount of deflection and "shocked and appalled" will wash that stink off.